Abaco Bahamas Homes and Property News

Your Abaco Agent team at Sandra Evans Real Estate Sales are pleased to see that improvments to the Marsh Harbour International Airport are about to begin. After all, this is an election year in The Bahamas! Still, we are grateful for anything which improves the airport's comfort and efficiency for our Abaco home and property owners.

The plans include an improved runway in compliance with international standards, a 60-foot high air traffic control tower, a fire station building to house the new fire truck and a new access road with increased parking. The terminal building will be expanded from it's current size of 4,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. We know Bahamas Tourism is as pleased as The Bahamas Real Estate Association to hear of these changes. The total cost of the work will be in excess of $10 million.

An agreement has been reached between Water and Sewerage Corporation and The Abaco Club at Winding Bay for the installation of a water transmission main system to the settlement of Cherokee Sound. A distribution system will connect about 100 homes in the settlement and 16 homes in the nearby settlement of Yellow Wood. The Abaco Club at Winding Bay has partnered with the Ritz Carleton Group (a Marriott company) and we are waiting for their announcements of future development plans. Mr. Mike Brown is in charge and Sandra Evans Real Estate Sales has already had the pleasure of working with him.

Through the courtesy of Fire Chief Jay Sizemore of the St. Lucie Fire Department in Florida, Sandy Point received a fire truck. It is a good condition 1978 Ford F600 with a water tank holding 250 gallons. The Casuarina Point firefighter volunteers will assist Sandy Point in forming its own volunteer fire department and give some training on the use of the truck and on general techniques of fire fighting.

Marsh Harbour continues to improve its image. Landscaping the center of the community has changed the atmosphere of the town, making it much more of a tropical island Paradise. Our thanks goes to both Pinewoods Nursery and the Abaco District Council for their consistent efforts in making Abaco as beautiful as we know it can be.